1. Marcel Nsizoa Ndi (Sonoma Academy), 12 assists
Nsizoa Ndi is top of the goals list as well as this one. The junior has 12 assists to go with 25 goals in 11 games, and his 5.6 points per game is the best on this list. A year ago he set up 10 goals in 14 games; this fall he has passed that in fewer games, and he has been involved in 44 percent of the recorded goals for a Sonoma Academy side that are 11-0-0 in the North Central League II. At Anderson Valley on Sept. 22, an 8-0 win, he scored three and set up three more.
2. Bairo Carmona (Clear Lake), 11 assists
Carmona is the creator in a Clear Lake side best known for its finisher. The senior has 11 assists and five goals in 15 games, and has been involved in 38 percent of Clear Lake's recorded goals. With Levi Ewing on 20 goals, the two of them give Clear Lake, who are 9-4-3 in the North Central League I, both halves of the job. Carmona has also turned 12 shots into five goals, one of the better ratios among these players.
T3. Jesse Wu (Quarry Lane), 10 assists
Wu has done it in the fewest games of anyone near the top. The junior has 10 assists and three goals in six games, 2.7 points per game, and has been involved in 41 percent of the recorded goals for a Quarry Lane side that are 5-2-0. With Kaiyi Yang on 14 goals, Quarry Lane have a creator and a scorer in the same side.
T3. Ben McCauley (Sonoma Academy), 10 assists
McCauley is the second Sonoma Academy player in the top three. As a freshman he had seven goals and three assists in 15 games. As a sophomore he has 10 of each in 11 games, and his 2.7 points per game is up from 1.1 a year ago. He is in form, too, with three goals and three assists in Sonoma Academy's last three games.
5. Fabian Pardo (Sonoma Academy), 9 assists
Pardo is the clearest creator on this list. The sophomore has nine assists and one goal in 11 games, so almost everything he has contributed has been for someone else, and he makes it three Sonoma Academy players in the top five.
T6. Mateo Medina (Calistoga), 7 assists
Medina has seven assists and three goals in eight games, 1.6 points per game. The senior gives Calistoga, who are 10-1-2 in the North Central League II, a creator to go with Leo Ramos and his 20 goals.
T6. Maddox Rogers (Sonoma Academy), 7 assists
Rogers has already passed last season's numbers. As a freshman he had four goals and six assists in 15 games; as a sophomore he has seven of each in nine, and his 2.3 points per game is up from 0.9. He has two goals and three assists in Sonoma Academy's last three games.
T6. Teo Foehl (Sonoma Academy), 7 assists
Foehl does both jobs. The senior has 10 goals and seven assists in 10 games, 2.7 points per game, and is the fifth Sonoma Academy player in the top ten.
T6. Hoshaya Cohen (Jewish Community), 7 assists
Cohen has seven assists and five goals in 11 games, and has been involved in 35 percent of Jewish Community's recorded goals. The senior sets up chances in a side where Sinai Bierman has 13 goals, and Jewish Community are 9-2-0 in the Bay Counties League - Central.
T10. Victor Martinez (Calistoga), 6 assists
Martinez has six assists and two goals in nine games. The senior is the second Calistoga creator in the top ten, part of an attack in which eight players have scored two or more.
T10. Leo Ramos (Calistoga), 6 assists
Ramos is a scorer first, with 20 goals in 10 games, but he has added a new part to his game. As a junior he scored 21 goals without an assist in 11 games. As a senior he has six, and his 4.6 points per game is up from 3.8. He has been involved in 46 percent of Calistoga's recorded goals, and makes it three Calistoga players on this list.
T10. Josh Ma (Sonoma Academy), 6 assists
Ma makes it six Sonoma Academy players in the top ten. The junior has six assists and three goals in 11 games, and no other side has more than three players on this list.
T10. Julian Flores Cruz (Mendocino), 6 assists
Flores Cruz has six assists and two goals in 12 games, and has been involved in 24 percent of Mendocino's recorded goals. The junior has set up more than he has scored for a Mendocino side that are 7-6-0 in the North Central League III.
T10. Gavin Evans (Mendocino), 6 assists
Evans has nine goals and six assists in 12 games, and has been involved in 45 percent of Mendocino's recorded goals. The senior and Flores Cruz give Mendocino two players in the top ten, and together they have set up 12 goals.